Vitreous cross-tie and rail-fastening.



D. B. FABER.

VITREOUS CROSS TIE A ND RAIL FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6. 1916.

1,228,008. Patented May 29, 1917.

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D. B. FABER v VITREOUS c aoss TIE AND RAIL FASTENING APPLICATIQN FILED JUNE 6. I916 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Patented May 29 1917 UNITED sT TEs PATENT OFFICE.

DAME B. I'AZBEB, OI UHBIGHSVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOE 0F ONE-HAL! '10 DAVID H.

BROWN, 0! UHBIGHSVILLE, 0HIO.

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- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1917.

Application as .lune a, 1016. Serial Io. 102,004.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, DANIEL Faces, a

citizen- 0f the United States, residing at Uhrichsville, in' the county of Tuscarawas and- State of Ohio, have invented certain tion wherein the body of the tie will be formed of vitreous material to thus effect a saving over the commonly used wooden cross tie while, at the same time, the durability of the tie'body will be materially en-' hanced.

The invention has as a further object to provide a tie of this character employing a reinforcing bar which will also form an anchoring member for the rail fastenin A further object of the invention 1s to provide a rail fastening having a chair plate which-may be adjustably shifted laterally upon the tie, tocompensate for any shrinkageuin the tie body and also for properly spacing the rails.

And a still further object of the invention is to rovide a construction em loying blocks or properly cushioning and eveling the rails and wherein such blocks will be completely housed to consequently prevent the deterioration thereof.

Other and incidental objects will apearas the description proceeds and in the drawings wherein I have illustrated the pre-- ferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view showing one extremity of my improved tie with a conventional type of rail engaged with the adjacent chair thereof,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showin the type'of chair employed, the parts 0 the chair being detaehedbut in proper relative v position,

Fi 3 is a horizontal sectional view showing t e arrangement of the reinforcing bar within the bod of the tie to provide an anchoring memher to which the rail fastenings are connected, the rails shown being conventionally illustrated,

Fig. 4.is a sectional view taken on the hue H of Fig. 3 and particularly showing the engagement between the rail fastenings and the said bar,

' Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the type of 'bed plate used in connection with my improved rail chair,tand

Fi .6 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the formation of the rail fastenings to engage with the reinforcing bar of the tie. Y

In carrying out the invention, I employ a tie 10. The body of this tie is preferably of rectangular "configuration in cross section and is formed of vitreous material, a

clay composition being employed which is burnt in the well known manner to provide the finished tie body. Upon opposite sides thereof, the tie body is provided with one or more pairs of oppositely disposed recesses or sockets ll-for receiving tongs or other tools for lifting or carrying the tie from place to place. Formed in the body of the tie adjacent the upper side thereof, are transversely spaced openings which extend longitudinally of the tie body from .end to end thereof and receive reinforcing rods 12 which are, as particularly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, incased in cement and entirely covered thereby to prevent the de-- terioration of thesaid rods. Upon its lower side, the tie body is further provided with a longitudinally extending groove reaching from end to end of the tie andin whic is seated a reinforcing bar 13 arranged substantially midway the side faces of the tie.

Formed in the upper side of the tie adjapass through the bar 13. Arrangedto extend over the inner extremities of'said openings are hood plates 16. These plates are preferably each formed from a str1p of suitable sheet metal, seating midway its ends against the bar 13 w1th its extremities curved laterally from the bar and providing hoods 17' spaced from the inner ends 'of the adjacent openin As best shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the rawings, the bar 13 is a so incased in cement which entirely covers thesaid bar as well as the hood plate 16 to prevent the deterioration thereof, this cement filling also serving to hold the said hood plates in position.

From the preceding description, it will be seen that I thus prov1de a vitreous tie which may be readily formed and which when used to displace the commonly employed wooden tie will effect a considerable savin while, at the same time, the vitreous tie wi l 'prove much more durable. Mounted upon the tie, adjacent each end thereof, is a chair for receiving arail. This chair includes a bed plate 18 overlying the upper face of-the tie and formed, at opposite sides thereof, with longitudinally extending flanges 19 engaging the sides of the tie. The plate 1s formed intermediate the ends thereof with spaced elongated openings 20 registering with the adjacent openings 15 in the tie body and projecting laterally from the lower side of the plate 'are attaching lugs 21 arranged adjacent the ends of the plate and 'detachably received within the recesses 14' at thev contiguous end of the body of the tie, these lugs being adapted to .hold the bed" platea ainst; longitudinal shifting movement upon the tie. I

Arranged beneath the cha r plate toseat against the upper face of the tie, is a combinedcushioning and leveling strip, or ele ment 22. This strip is preferably formed of wood or other similar material and is received between the flanges 19 of the bed 'plateso that the said bed plate will thus provide a housing for the said strip protecting the said strip from the weather and preventing the deterioration thereof.- The strip 22, adjacent itse'nds, is provided with openings toreceive the lugs 21 of the bed plate so that the said strip cannot shp from beneath the said plate and is further provided, intermediate its ends, with spaced elongated openings 23 registering with the openings 15 in the adjacent end of the tie and the openings 20 in the bed plate.

Upon its upper side, the plate 18 is serrated or otherwise formed with a series of teeth or ridges 24 extending transversely of the-plate between the openings 20 therein,

and mounted upon the said late, is a chair plate 25'.- This plate 25 is, a jacentopposite ends thereof, provided with elongated openings 26 registering withthe openings 20 'in the bed plate .18, the openings 23 in the cushioning strip 22, and the openings 15'in the contiguous end of the tie. Upon itsup- I per side,-the plate 25 is cut away between the openings 26 to rovide a transversely extending rail seat 2 while the lower side of the plate beneath the said seat, is serrated or otherwise formed to provide a series of ings in the bed plates registering therewith to extend freely through the openings 15 in the tie, are bolts or fastening devices 30, These bolts, at their inner ends, are pro-- vided with'he"ads""31"which are freely recived within the hoods. 17 of the plates 16 and are engageable with the bar 13 of the tie. The outer ends of the bolts are screw threaded to receive nuts 32 and loosely fitted upon the said bolts beneath'the nuts 32, are attaching blocks 33 for the rails, these blocks engaging over the base flanges of the rails atopposite sides thereof for securely holding the rails within the seats 27 of the chair plates. A secure mounting for the rails is thus rovided-and in this connection,-

it will be 0 served that the bar 13 while forming a reinforcin element for the body of the tie also rovi es an anchoring member forthe rai fastenings.

Attention is now directed to the fact that by-loosening the nuts 32, the bolts'30 may be rotated to disengage the heads 31 from the bar 13 when the said bolts and 'attachin blocks 33 may be displaced without the necessity of first removing the rails or molesting the rail chairs. As will be seen, a rail may thus, after the, said bolts and attachin blocks have beenremoved, be easily place upon or removed from the rail chairs. I

thus "provide a construction wherein the track may be easily repaired.

Sincea vitreous tie of the character herein provided. may,-in the practical use thereof, shrinksto a slight degree, I haveaccordi ngly provided an arrangement wherein the. rail chairs may be manipulated for adjustably shifting the rails laterally and truing the rails respectively or for properly spacin the rails relative to each other. This resu t isaccomplished by releasing the nuts 32 of the bolts 30 and then properly shifting the chair plates 25 longitudinally upon the bed plates 18, the bolt openings through the chair plates, the bed plates, thecushioning blocks, and the ties bein v elongated to accommodate a correspond mg movement of the bolts 30.- In-this connection, it will be fplates, it is mm 30-01 to remove ssery to removethe bolts e rails 29 and the enacting observed that iuder-to thus shift the chair teeth 24 and 28 of the bed plates and chair' plates respectively are, as will be clear, adapted tocoact for-holding the chair plates at adjustment. The rails may thus be easily maintained in proper relation upon the tie.

The strips 22, being interposed between 'the bed plates 18 and the tie, are adapted to cushion the rails and absorb the vibration of rolling stock passing over the rails. Furthermore, these strips while primarily providing cushioning elements also, as previously intimated, provide leveling members for the rails. If, when the tie is laid, the rails are unevenly supported, the said cushioning blocks may be cut awa to compen ported. I a. It will therefore be seen, in view of'the.

sate for such unevenness. A so, it sometimes happens that a tie upon coming from the kiln, will not be formed with a straight fiat upper face and as will be apparent, the strips 22 may be cut away or beveled longitudlnally into wedge shape to compensate for any variations 1n the up er surface of the tie so that the rails will e evenly suppreceding description, that I provide a very simple and eflicient construction for the purpose set forth and a tie and rail fastener adapted for universal adoption.

- Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters 'Patent is:

1. Ina device of the character described, a tie body provided with spaced recesses, a reinforcing member'arranged within the tie body, a rail chair mounted upon the tie body, the said chair including a bed plate, lugs carried by the said plate and engaging in said recesses for holding the bed plate against. shifting movement upon the tie body, and a leveling element for the bed plate housed therebeneath and engaged by the said lugs for holding'the said element in position, and coacting fastening devices cooperating with the bed plate and engaged with the said reinforcing member. I

2. In a device of the character described, a tie body, a "rail chair mounted upon the tie body, the. said chair including a bed plate, a cushioning element arranged beneath the said plate, and means carried by the said plate and extending through the cushioning element to engage the tie body for holding the said plate and cushioning element against displacement with res ct to the tie body,and coacting rail fastenmg devices coiiperating with the said plate and cushioning element and operatively engaged with the tie body. r 3. Ina device of the character described,

the combination with a porcelain tie body, of a rail chair mounted thereon and including a chair plate adjustable to compensate for the longitudinal shrinkage of the tie body, and an element interposed between the plate and the tie body for cushioning the said plate upon the tie body with the said element adapted to be cut away for leveling the plate with respect to the tie body, and coacting rail fastening devices cooperating with the said plate and element and operatively engaged with the tie body.

4. In a device of the character described,

a tie body provided with a channel, a reinforcing element seating in said channel, a filler sealing the said element within the channel, a rail chair mounted upon the tie body, and a rail fastening, device associated with the said chair and engaged with the said reinforcing element.

"5. In a device of the character described, a tie body provided upon the lower side thereof with a longitudinally extending channel, a reinforcing element seating in said channel, and a filler incasing the reinforcing element within the channel, a rail chair mounted upon the tie body, and a rail fastening device associated with the said chair and engaged with the said reinforcing element. I

6. In a device of the character described, a tie body provided with a channel, a reinforcing element seating said channel, the tie body and said reinforcing element being provided with registering openings, a hood plate disposed within the channel to extend over the opening in said reinforcing element, a filler inclosing the reinforcing element within the said channel, a rail chair mounted upon the tie body, and a rail fastening device associated with said chair and arranged, within said registering openings with the inner extremity of the said device received'by the said hood plate.

7. In a device of the character described,

a tie body provided with a channel, a reinture.

DANIEL B. FABER. [L. s.] 

